Supply chains: Smart cars - for iPad/Mac/PC podcast

Supply chains: Smart cars - for iPad/Mac/PC

What happens when you bring the best of two famous brands together? What sorts of innovations can emerge, and how is a brand image created for the new product? The Smart car came about as a result of a collaboration between car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and Swatch, the Swiss watch maker. This album examines the innovations behind the Smart car, its supply chain, and its assembly line in Hambach, France, where a finished car is produced every 96 seconds. With its major suppliers situated on the same site, Smart can rapidly assemble a good value customisable car which is both pioneering and appealing. This material forms part of The Open University Course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.

What happens when you bring the best of two famous brands together? What sorts of innovations can emerge, and how is a brand image created for the new product? The Smart car came about as a result of a collaboration between car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and Swatch, the Swiss watch maker. This album examines the innovations behind the Smart car, its supply chain, and its assembly line in Hambach, France, where a finished car is produced every 96 seconds. With its major suppliers situated on the same site, Smart can rapidly assemble a good value customisable car which is both pioneering and appealing. This material forms part of The Open University Course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.

 

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Supply chains: Smart cars

A short introduction to this album

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Transcript -- Supply chains: Smart cars

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album

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Smart thinking

Introducing the funky customisable Smart car, the result of a partnership between Mercedes... more

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06:37

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Transcript -- Smart thinking

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Smartville

How the innovations continue at Smart's factory, and how the brand image is built

05 Dec 2009

08 MINS

08:37

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Transcript -- Smartville

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Behind the brand

The radical re-thinking of the car assembly process and its supply chain, along with 12 on... more

05 Dec 2009

11 MINS

11:47

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Transcript -- Behind the brand

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Innovating the aftermarket

The servicing and selling of Smart cars to customers is also revolutionised, combining the... more

05 Dec 2009

03 MINS

03:15

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Transcript -- Innovating the aftermarket

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